Question 1

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage.
"Fox News is totally biased. If you don't believe it, try listening to the Sean Hannity program."

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Question 2

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage.
"More and more women are determining what everybody watches on TV. Just look at that show on HBO, starring Lena Dunham, Girls, its called. Everybody's watching that show. Everybody."
-Rush Limbaugh

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Question 3

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage.
"Look, we make people buy liability car insurance, so there's no reason to complain about making people buy liability insurance when they buy a gun."

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Question 4

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage.
"They want to make it illegal for a running back to hit someone with his helmet? Next thing you know they won't even allow tackling."

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Question 5

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage.
"They won because they wanted it more than we did."

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Question 6

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage.
"Will women like our new menu? Let's ask one of the female servers. As a woman, she will know."

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Question 7

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage.
"Yawns are contagious. Ask anyone."

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Question 8

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage.
"We had the worst inflation of my lifetime in the late '70s, then Ronald Reagan got elected and during his term in office it dropped from over thirteen percent to about four percent. Shows you what a smart president can do."

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Question 9

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage.
"John, my Republican friend, never leaves a tip. Why is it Republicans are so selfish?"

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Question 10

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage.
"Mike blew a tire on the way over here. Make a note never to buy Goodyear tires."

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Question 11

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage.
"People who attend elite private universities tend to live longer than people who attend state colleges. If we figure out a way to send children of modest means to the elite universities, they would live longer."

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Question 12

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage.
"Don't sweat. They won't stop you for speeding. The cops have yet to stop me for texting."

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Question 13

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage.
"Hello Mom? Yeah, it's me.... Fine. Great, in fact. Massachusetts is super-I've never had so much fun.... No.... Yes! And listen, I've just met the most wonderful guy. And I'm sure he's rich. You should just see the expensive car he drives...."

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Question 14

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage.
"If the legislature can get away with requiring background checks, it will be encouraged to go forward with universal registration of guns, then to eventual banning of gun ownership. Let's not start down this path."

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Question 15

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage.
"I have every right to burn tires in my back yard. It's a free country."

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Question 16

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage.
"First they bailed out AIG because it was 'too big to fail.' Next time it will be the medium-sized banks. Then us taxpayers will foot the bill for every last business failure, and they won't be able to print enough money to keep up with it all."

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Question 17

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage.
"Nicotine patches don't work. They sure didn't work for me."

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Question 18

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage.
"We can't close the farmers' market. It's a tradition in this town."

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Question 19

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage.
"I'm reading right here about this high school teacher in Red Bluff? Caught dealing drugs right there at the school? They will let anyone teach these days."

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Question 20

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage.
"After his friends and relatives said a prayer for Pete, his cancer went into remission."

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Quiz 7: Activity-Based Costing and Activity-Based Management

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "Fox News is totally biased. If you don't believe it, try listening to the Sean Hannity program."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "More and more women are determining what everybody watches on TV. Just look at that show on HBO, starring Lena Dunham, Girls, its called. Everybody's watching that show. Everybody." -Rush Limbaugh

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "Look, we make people buy liability car insurance, so there's no reason to complain about making people buy liability insurance when they buy a gun."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "They want to make it illegal for a running back to hit someone with his helmet? Next thing you know they won't even allow tackling."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "They won because they wanted it more than we did."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "Will women like our new menu? Let's ask one of the female servers. As a woman, she will know."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "Yawns are contagious. Ask anyone."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "We had the worst inflation of my lifetime in the late '70s, then Ronald Reagan got elected and during his term in office it dropped from over thirteen percent to about four percent. Shows you what a smart president can do."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "John, my Republican friend, never leaves a tip. Why is it Republicans are so selfish?"

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "Mike blew a tire on the way over here. Make a note never to buy Goodyear tires."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "People who attend elite private universities tend to live longer than people who attend state colleges. If we figure out a way to send children of modest means to the elite universities, they would live longer."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "Don't sweat. They won't stop you for speeding. The cops have yet to stop me for texting."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "Hello Mom? Yeah, it's me.... Fine. Great, in fact. Massachusetts is super-I've never had so much fun.... No.... Yes! And listen, I've just met the most wonderful guy. And I'm sure he's rich. You should just see the expensive car he drives...."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "If the legislature can get away with requiring background checks, it will be encouraged to go forward with universal registration of guns, then to eventual banning of gun ownership. Let's not start down this path."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "I have every right to burn tires in my back yard. It's a free country."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "Nicotine patches don't work. They sure didn't work for me."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "We can't close the farmers' market. It's a tradition in this town."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "I'm reading right here about this high school teacher in Red Bluff? Caught dealing drugs right there at the school? They will let anyone teach these days."

Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage. "After his friends and relatives said a prayer for Pete, his cancer went into remission."